Improvement in suspenders



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Suspenders.

Patented Nov. 17 1.874.-

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U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC E. NEWTON, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN SUSPENDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 156,939, dated November17, 1874; application filed September 30, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC E. NEwToN, of Waterbury, county of New Havenand State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Fastenings for Suspenders, of which the following is aspecification:

My invention relates to fastenings for suspenders where they cross eachother in the back; and the nature of my invention consists in aneyeletor rivet passing through and fastening the suspenders together, andprovided with a head or button on each side, which is covered with clothor other flexible material, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, whichforms a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a sideview of parts of a pair of suspenders embodying my invention. Fig. 2 isa longitudinal section through the fasten- 1n lhe fastenings ordinarilyused in suspenders to connect them where they cross each other at theback have heretofore generally been made of brass or other metal, whichsoils the garments when they become wet with perspiration. To obviatethis difliculty is the object of my invention.

AA represent two suspenders, each of which has an ordinary eyelet, I),fastened in it at the point where the two suspenders are to cross eachother at the back. Through the two eyelets b b is passed along eyelet orhollow rivet, a, which, at one end, is provided with a head or button,B. This button consists of an inner metal disk, 01, through the centerof which the eyelet a is passed, and a flange on the end of the eyeletprevents the same from coming out. An outer metal disk, f, covered onthe outside with cloth or other textile fab ric e, is then spun aroundthe edges of the inner disk d, thus completing the button. A paper orother disk, 1', may or may not be used in the interior of the button Bthus formed. Upon the other end of the eyelet or hollow rivet a is thenfastened a head or button, C, in the following manner: The button C isalso formed of an inner centrally-perforated disk,

d, an outer disk, f, and a textile covering, 0; but in addition theretoit has a loose interior metal disk, m, in the center of which is struckup a projection, 00, of conical or other similar shape. This projectionis directly opposite and in the central perforation of the inner disk d.The eyelet a having been passed through the eyelets b b, the end thereofis placed through the central opening in the disk d, and over theconical projection 00. A blow on either of the buttons will spread theend of the eyelet a over the conical projection a; and form a flange,which fastens the button C permanently to the rivet or eyelet a.

The heads or buttons B C may be swiveled on the eyelet or rivet a, or befastened thereto so as to be stationary, as may be desired.

It will readily be seen that the metal of said heads or buttons andeyelets is perfectly covered by the textile fabric e of the buttons, sothat if the metal should corrode from the effects of the perspirationthe garments will not be soiled or injured in any way.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The method of fastening or connecting suspenders where they crosseach other at the back by means of an eyelet or rivet, provided at eachend with a head or button covered with cloth or other textile material,substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

2. The button C, formed of the disks (1 and f, with exterior textilecovering 0, and provided with the interior metal disk m, havinga'central projection, 00, in combination with the eyelet or hollow shanka, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

3. The combination, with the suspenders A A, of the eyelets b b, theeyelet a passing through them, and the heads or buttons B C fastened tothe ends of the eyelet a, and provided with textile covering 6, allsubstantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I hereunto affixmy signature this 21st day of September, 1874.

ISAAC E. NEWTON. Witnesses:

H. W. KEELER, W. It. HARRISON.

